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WE ARRIVED!!! |
I am usually a very hurried person, but some things I hate to do
in a hurry. One of them is writing my blog; but lately, because of a major shortage - or more, lack - of time I have neglected sitting down and stressing out as I write all that may come to my head and mind.
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Dan in pain and Lani in joy, hehehe |
Nevertheless, today I got a few quick minutes to sit down and go back almost a month ago when Dan Dan and Lan Lan were still here, the sun was still shining (I literally mean this as it hasn't stopped raining for a week straight! Bummer...) and I was still on vacations and not
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observing our weirdness
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working from 6:00 am till 10:00 pm (I actually stopped to count the hours and was horrified to find out that I work an average of 15 hours a day, of course, counting the time I am in a bus getting from one class to the other).
I don't think I have to write all that much as the pictures tell a wholeeee lot, but at the same time, not enough, and so that is where I come in the picture.
Thankfully it wasn't that hard for me to get up as my body clock works automatically and at 5:00 I am up and going. One of the things I had told myself when the girls told me they would be coming here was that I would make a special effort to cook yummy meals as one thing that I really appreciate when staying at someone else's place is having good food to eat. Since we are a vegetarian family (and not only vegetarian, but also extremely naturalists) I had to use a bit more of my creativity so that the meals could be both healthy and yummy. Gladly I can say it wasn't all that hard (or maybe I am just used to my own cooking, heh!)
- Rise and shine Upper East Siders!!!
My sister rolled around, Lan peeped an eye open and Didi pulled the covers over her head.
Ten minutes later they were all sitting at the table with tangled hair and wearing pajamas.
- Did I actually hear what I heard? Dan asked
- What's did you hear? I asked
- Gossip Girl... *frown*
- Hahahha...yeah you did, I exchanged it as "Good Morning God's children, it's a beautiful day" got kind of worn out.
Uh hu...- Listen we need to eat quickly as we still need to catch a bus to the terminal as that's where the bus going to Morro Branco is leaving, and it leaves pretty early. There is sandwiches, granola, yogurt, fruits and honey. Help yourselves!
My brother came out of the room next and joined us in our quick breakfast.
- Ah listen, I continued, here are sesame seeds. You should eat four spoons of it during your meals everyday as it's really good for your health. Specially you Dan, that have been sick for God knows how long and even ended up in the hospital in Rio.- What are they good for? Dan questioned.
- They are good for a TON of stuff!!! Did you know that half a cup of sesame seeds contain three times more calcium than half a cup of milk? Sesame seeds contain sesamin and sesamolin, and these substances prevent high blood pressure by lowering it down and it also protects the liver. It's also a super good source of Vitamin E and so that helps to strengthen the heart and the nervous system. In a lot of places they use it for beauty care as the oil helps remove wrinkles and other skin diseases. Ah, and a ton of other stuff...it prevents asthma attacks and other respiratory system disorders, Other sesame seeds health benefits include rheumatoid arthritis relief, regulation of body metabolism, removing intestinal worm, menopusal relief, faster wound healing, etc.- WOW! didn't know it was that good.
- Yeah, in India these seeds are regarded as a 'sign of immortality' and were even mentioned in the ancient Hindu scripts.
- But you didn't tell them the most important part - why we eat them... my sister played around.- That's cause we are eating Babes...
- Tell us, I don't mind. Lani said.
- Okay then... the main reason we eat them is cause it's super good for your digestive health, or so, it prevents and cures constipation... or so, it's really good to help you cagg.
- Cagg like...shit? Use the bathroom? Go No.2? Didi's eyes went wide open.
- Yep!
- Yucksssssssss!!!
- Yucks is if you can't cagg and have all that shit inside of you... think like this, if it's not going out of your body where is it? It's inside your body...all that shit!
- It's still disgusting!
- Listen, how many times do you use the bathroom a day? You are actually asking me this question?
- Yes I am...
- Once a day. Lani started.
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Dan and her unlucky coconut waters |
- Ummm...on good days once a day, sometimes less...like before I went to the hospital it was rare but after I started following the diet my doctor gave me I am a lot better... Didi explained.
- Okay, just for you to know, you are supposed to cagg as many times as meals that you eat. Like, if you eat three meals a day you are supposed to cagg thrice a day, and so on.
- No way! The girls exclamed!
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Morro Branco!!! |
- Yes way!
- So that means that each one of you guys uses the bathroom three times a day???
- Sometimes even more...if we eat more that is.
- OMG! OMG! OMG! The bathroom must be always busy then...
- Well, better the bathroom being busy than us being sick and in the hospital. Here people rarely get sick, and like, whenever I get sick it's always stress related. You remember Dan that when I used to live in Rio with you I was always sick, no? Since I got here, and after changing my whole diet and blah I have rarely gotten sick and it's never for more than a day, like, I never had to not go to work because I was sick. And that's cause I'm a major workaholic...- Yeah, I remember. Dan said.
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barraquinha de praia |
- So you guys are like, the "Cagg Family"? That had to be Lani!
By this time we were all cracking up!!!
We left home and went to the bus terminal where we bought our tickets to Beberibe (another beach town right next to Morro Branco) I sat next to Dan and we talked and listened to music the whole way there. It was just like old times.
Arriving at Beberibe we got a cab to Morro Branco which left us in front of our Pousada. The whole idea of going to Morro Branco all began when one of my favorite students - Sexual Fantasy - mentioned to me that he would be spending New Year's there as every year his friends would rent a house there. I told him that I didn't have a clue of what to do for New Year's and so he invited me to join him. But not long after I receive the great news that Didi and Lani are coming here for New Year's and that posed a bit of a problem as there wasn't enough room for all of us (my brother and sister wanted to spend New Years together with me - so that made us five in total!). For a while I pretty much gave up of that idea but after thinking about it I decided that I REALLY wanted to spend New Years somewhere that wasn't in Fortaleza as all the cool clubs and parties happening were excruciatingly expensive and so, with that thought in mind, I started looking around for houses to rent both in Morro Branco and also a few other beach towns. By a total miracle, I found a Pousada (the mix of an inn/lodging room) that was new in town, didn't have much publicity which made them have very few clients as well. All this put together made negociating the price down incredibly easy and after doing the math, I noticed that the price was good - too good!!! Of course, since we were five people and would be splitting the costs evenly that made a big difference on how much we were paying.
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| Paparazzi |
The Pousada was situated in the main street, two blocks away from the beach and 200 meters from the house that my student and friend, Teddy Bear, were staying. It was nice and simple, with a restaurant in the bottom and the rooms on top.
- This is it? Didi asked
- I guess so. "Pousada Brasilia" my brother read aloud.
As we entered, Daniel came to greet us.
- Hi there! How was you trip?
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| the beach |
- It was good. Very short trip, less than two hours. I said.
- Ah good.
- We would like to see our room and leave our stuff there if that is alright.
- Ah, talk to my mother as she organized everything. She's in the kitchen.
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| Bro's Profile |
- Okay, thanks!
We made our way to the dinning area and not seeing anyone in sight I guessed she was behind the counter where I presumed was the kitchen.
- Dona Mazinhaaaaaaaa. I shouted
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From out the kitchen came an older lady, short and thin with extremly unmatching clothes and a big herpes on her upper lip.
- Dona Mazinha na cozinha!!! were the first words that came out of her mouth as she came to greet us (and that sticked to her as her nickname until today) For some crazy reason (happens more often than it should, always in extremly bad hours) I was overcome by a laughter crisis. I laughed and laughed and laughed so much I had to turn away and hold my tummy. To make things worse Lani, Didi and my sister joined in my laughter - just a bit less obvious. Thank goodness for my brother who saved the day and talked with her casually asking to see our room. As we entered our room I was plesantly surprised to see that it wasn't one room but actually two rooms glued one to the other plus a bathroom at the very end. Both rooms had a double bed and the largest one had a hammock which was where my brother would be sleeping. The rooms were clean and well ventilated and there even was a TV! Oooohhh...
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We all jumped up and down while Didi, still feeling a bit sicky laid down to rest some. We turned on the TV and turned into little seven year old's glued to the tube watching a animated movie which was passing. hehehe... but that didn't last for too long, fifteen minutes later we were all in our bikinis, sitting down in a gorgeous beach under the steaming hot sun. Ahhh, isso que é vida!!!
- Moço... my brother called the young waiter boy. Would you bring us five coconut waters please?
- They'll be here in a second.
- Thanks!
Me and Lani didn't even wait for our coconut water to arrive, we stripped down to our bikini's and ran into the water, screaming and jumping up and down for joy!!! My sister became the paparazzi and took pictures of our every move. When we got out of the ocean I laid my beach towel on the sand and laid down on it ready to get a nice tan -something almost impossible for me to do.
*Click, click, click* I turned my head upwards and there were both my sister and Lani taking pictures of... yes, my ASS!!!
- What are you girls doing???
- Taking pictures, dããã
- So why the zoom?
- Ah Christy, don't be shy - if you've got it, flaunt it! Lani joked around
- I already am, no need to capture it on camera as well!
They both just giggled and continued taking pictures. No use trying to stop them. :(
- Hey Matt.
- What Didi?
- My coconut water, I don't know...but it's kind of weird. It has a sour taste. Here, taste it.
- Let me see. *Grimace* Yeah, it's bad. Let's tell the waiter to bring you another one.
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A short while later, there was Didi with another coconut water in her hand.
- Hey Matt.
- What?
- I know this is going to sound wrong, but I swear, this coconut is also rotten.
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| sulking in the sun |
This time we all had to taste it to believe it (why are human beings so, eh? we can never just rely on what someone says...)and true to her word, it tasted sour and old.
- Man Didi, you have no luck. We all asked for coconut waters and yours are the only ones that are rotten. Not one, but two. My sister commented.- Mine was perfect. Said Lani.
- No problem; let's just ask the guy for another one. They have to give it to us anyways.
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| oh joy! |
But poor Dan, she was really out of luck... the cold coconut water's were all done (they had just put some more into the freezer but it would take time to get cold) and so the waiter gave us two options: 1.) Wait until they got cold or 2.) Trade it for a bottle of water which was the same price. Dan choose the water.
My old friend Clari, also from Rio, was here visiting her family in Fortaleza and by pure chance was also here in Morro Branco with her cousin and sister. We planned to meet so we could spend the day together (as this was their last day here) and there she was, walking towards us with her bright sunny smile and flowing, long golden hair. I swear all male eyes were on her.
- Hey there!
- Clari!!!!!! I ran towards her and gave her a huge bear hug.
After meeting the girls we decided to go to the "barraca de praia" (beach tent?) that they were staying at. We picked up our things and off we went... more about the rest of our CRAZY and AWESOME day coming soon (hope so!)
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